Health experts confirm that physical inactivity leads to many health problems. Different surveys suggest that the so-called modern living habits make the life of several million Indians devoid of even the minimum amount of physical activity absolutely necessary to keep this unique machine called human body rightly going. Moreover, the sedentary lifestyle of a growing number of people including white-collar employees working in different sectors is really a serious cause of concern. The increasing dependence on technology and conveyance facilities in some way or the other have also been contributing its share to make a crippling effect particularly on the lives of the large population of our youth.
Several health-related studies have revealed that sitting for longer hours in the office or home before the Computer or TV or with a laptop or engaged with your smart phone or such electronic gadgets can definitely raise the chances of all types of major diseases and then even 30 minutes of exercise every day may not be sufficient. As such, longer duration of daily exercise along with off and on suitable medical intervention would be necessary to keep you fit and healthy.
To be more precise, physical inactivity or lack of physical exercise is known to badly affect our muscles, heart, lungs, kidney, bones, joints, brain and digestive system which lead finally to indisposition of some kind or the other in quicker intervals. Besides weakening the immune system of our body significantly, it impacts our monthly budget to a reasonable extent as we are forced to incur avoidable expenses towards doctor’s fee, medicine and at times hospitalisation as well.
It is interesting to know that moderate to intense exercise including simple brisk walking or sports activity for some time also acts as a mood booster and a de-stressing tool. It improves your self-image as well. So, what should one do to keep the body healthy and going?
Starting the day with a few minutes of warm up session is widely recommended by health experts. It is necessary for loosening your muscles as they become stiff while resting for a couple of hours at night. In fact, the body needs to be rightly ready for intense exercise or work-out. If for any reason, you are not going out for a walk, you may very well do spot jumping/running and other free hand exercises for a few minutes. This should be done preferably during morning hours before your breakfast.
It is needless to emphasise that even this kind of simple routine exercise ensures many benefits like better exercise tolerance, lower body weight, lower blood pressure, better control of blood sugar, lowered cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It also contributes significantly towards reduced LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein, commonly known as bad cholesterol) level, enhanced HDL (High Density Lipoprotein, also known as good cholesterol) level, reduced stroke risk, reduced risk of cancer of all types, lesser incidence of viral infections and lowered risk of depression. Not only this, in many ways regular doses of physical work out and exercise together with a healthy diet keeps our physique in right shape and also guarantees a better sleep at night.
It is very rightly said where there is a problem, there is a solution too and where there is a will, there is definitely a way. And investing 20 to 40 minutes a day to engage yourself sincerely in physical exercise for at least five days in a week is certainly a golden deal considering the importance of staying healthy, happy and performing in your life. Undeniably, it is far better if you can do it daily as part of your daily routine as exercise not only changes your body, it changes your mind, your attitude and your mood in a positive way. Finally, I'm tempted to share the views of John F. Kennedy on this subject: "Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” (hellomilansinha@gmail.com)
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